The village of Choli has two big churches and many more ruins of old churches. The two big as well as picturesque churches of the village are the one of Archangel Michael and the one of Panagia Eleousa. You can also see the ruins of three old chapels which were dedicated to: Agios Aristos, Agios Georgios and Agia Marina. The village is also blessed with holly water which is running in an area of the village called Agia Eleni (Saint Helen).

The church of Archangel Michael
The church of Archangel Michael is dated back to the late 15th or the early 16th century. Its architecture reveals that the construction of the church had taken place in two different phases.

The church is single-aisled with a pointed arch and a narthex which is even taller that the arch. The lower part of the narthex is older than the arch, but we should note that it is unknown if the narthex is older than the church itself. On the other hand, it is known that the west wall of the church was demolished in order to join the narthex with the church. Due to this demolition, the wall-paintings were destroyed. Some archaeologists, who studied the walls and the remaining parts of the wall-paintings, believe that the entire painting depicted the Second Coming.

The access to the church is made through two entries: the one is placed on the north side of the church and the other one is on the narthex. The inner is decorated with plenty of wall paintings which depict scenes from the Jesus life, the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and Archangel Michael. We must note that all the all paintings are characterized by the Byzantine art with very little west influence.

The church ends to an arch which is decorated with six hierarchs divided into two groups, who phase the centre of the arch. The six hierarchs are Spiridon, Gregorios, Chrisostomos, Vasilios, Epifanios, Nikolaos.

The church of Archangel Michael is one of the most important and beautiful ecclesiastic monuments of the island, both from an architectural point of view as well as its inner decoration.

The church of Panagia Eleousa
The church of Panagia Eleousa emerges in the southeast of the village. It is a small church with arches which is dated back to the 16th century.
In 1953, when a catastrophic earthquake happened in the area, the church was seriously damaged. The inhabitants of the village took action very soon and repaired the damages. But even before this earthquake, another part of the church had collapsed.

The inner of the church is decorated with wall-paintings which were made just after the construction of the church, in the 16th century. Some of these paintings, especially those in the arch, are still visible to this day. The wall paintings in the arch of the church are divided into four zones: two wall paintings on the south wall and two on the north part of the arch. On the south part there are also the traces of a wall painting depicting the presentation of Christ in the Temple and the Baptism of Christ, and on the north part traces of wall paintings of which the subject is not identified.

Furthermore, on both the north and south wall there are some figures of Saints (among them Archangel Michael and Saint Nicolas).

We should also mention the two blind arches on the north wall and three more on the south wall which were probably tombs of some members of the community or founders and donators of the church.

The chapel of Saint Aristos
The chapel of Saint Aristos emerges lonely and abandoned on the north side of the village. It is 300 meters away from the main church of the village.

According to some elder inhabitants of the village, the chapel used to be very impressive and caused awe and admiration for its simple but at the same time imposing architecture as well as for its excellent inner decoration. And to be more specific, the inner of this ecclesiastic building was decorated with eighty wall paintings and very old icons.

In older times the chapel was taken care of by monks of the monastery of Oros Sina. The existence of the specific chapel is verified by elder people who remember seeing its ruins.

According to oral tradition, the demolition of the church has taken place after the sold of some farms to a new owner. The owner asked a Turk to realize the demolition and it is said that three days later he died.

The chapel of Saint George and Saint Marina
The chapel of Saint George and Saint Marina is built on the south side of the village and 300 meters away from the centre of the village. The access to these two small chapels is very easy due to the new road which was lately opened. The area is precipitate and there are also many fountains along the slopes of the mountains.

The two chapels are next to each other and the marks of the abandonment are more than obvious. Both of them were abandoned during the Turkish Occupation. Despite their long loneliness, there are many traces of old wall paintings.

According to tradition, the chapels were built on the ruins of the ancient altar of the Goddess Artemis.

The holly water of Agia Eleni or Panagia
The holly water of Agia Eleni or Panagia springs in the south part of the village. In older times, people put around the fountain clothes as gifts to Virgin Mary or the Saint. Many inhabitants said that people who suffered from skin diseases were cured when spread on their bodies dust from the fountain.